Checking out repository on work group computers

Question

I have created a local repository and its URL is file:///F:/subversion/MyProject And I checked out MyProject to my local machine....it works fine..

But when I try to CheckOut on a WorkGroup Computer using

URL: file:///Server_Name/F:/subversion/MyProject .. it gives an error like

Error: Unable to open an ra_local session to url.

Error: Unable to open repository file:///Server_Name/F:/subversion/MyProject

I also tried Server_Name/file:///F:/subversion/MyProject

Any help would be highly apprecialble..

Thanks

Answer 1

This

file:///Server_Name/F:/subversion/MyProject

Is not the right way to address the F: drive on a remote machine. You need to set up a share on the machine and then address it using

\\servername\sharename\......

If you encounter problems with this specifically, you're better off asking on Stack Overflow's sister site, superuser.com.

This method is perfectly fine for a small number of clients in a local network. You could, however, also consider setting up a proper SVN Server like VisualSVN.

Answer 2

I have shared the folder subversion(with same sharename--subversion) on F: drive and I use the URL: \servername\subversion\MyProject but still it gives same error Any clues ??

Answer 3

Please do not access a repository which is not on your local harddrive via the file:/// mechanism. It's a bad idea and you will get into troubles in the future. The only question is how long it will take until your repository is corrupt, not whether it will happen.